Afterthoughts<\/p>\n
by<\/p>\n
Radiance Angelina Petro<\/p>\n
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Ever wonder what the dead think about<\/p>\n
when they watch the living? Let me tell you.<\/p>\n
They think about how it is you haven’t<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
figured out that eternity isn’t a particularly<\/p>\n
good incentive when it comes to hopes and dreams.<\/p>\n
They think about the shifting source of light,<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
and how it pursues you to the end,<\/p>\n
and how it causes you to be brilliant, yet<\/p>\n
staggering, when it comes to the hazardous<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
business of loving someone. They know<\/p>\n
miracles when they see them. They know all about<\/p>\n
the fascinating intricacies with which you try<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
to delineate time. They remember what is was like<\/p>\n
to be barely present, and how the forces<\/p>\n
of need and want become life’s afterthoughts.<\/p>\n
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They think about how they forgot the first work<\/p>\n
was to find themselves, and ultimately, how<\/p>\n
the whys of this and that become just<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
another irrelevancy in a long line of irrelevancies.<\/p>\n
They think about how they didn’t notice day-to-day<\/p>\n
revelations in their perfectly well-hatched plans.<\/p>\n
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They wonder if you will ever see the sun flooding<\/p>\n
distant hills, or the moon shepherding stars.<\/p>\n
They wonder if you will be more careful<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
than they were when following the mere, guiding<\/p>\n
outlines of the late-evening roads leading to where<\/p>\n
you think you should go.<\/p>\n
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